#C9B539#C9B539

#C9B539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.140 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B539
RGB	rgb(201, 181, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -6.44, 62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 62.67, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.024 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.14 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3517, 45.7626, 10.5250)
Luminance	0.4576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B539 #394DC9

analogous

#C96D39 #C9B539 #95C939

triadic

#C9B539 #39C9B5 #B539C9

tetradic

#C9B539 #39C96D #394DC9 #C93995

square

#C9B539 #39C96D #394DC9 #C93995

split-complementary

#C9B539 #3995C9 #6D39C9

monochromatic

#6B601D #9B8B2A #C9B539 #D6C769 #E3D999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#C9B539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#C9B539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B539

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B539	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 181, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.140 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddca77',
    500: '#c9b539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b539;
$custom-light: #ddca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76843,
    "c": 0.14031,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B539

secondary

#8F98CF

accent

#5DE047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B539

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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